Danny Von Kanel

Writer, musician, and church growth consultant Danny Von Kanel was born in Macon, Mississippi, in 1955. He received a bachelor’s degree from William Carey College and a master’s from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He presently serves as minister of music and education at the First Baptist Church of Franklinton, Louisiana. He has published more than 100 articles on church growth in magazines and journals, and in 2003 he published Built by the Owner’s Design: The Positive Approach to Building Your Church God’s Way.

(Article first posted August 2004)